Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xsl-list Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: [xsl] Proposed syntax for namespace binding in XPath >Thread Next - RE: [xsl] Proposed syntax for namespace binding in XPath RE: [xsl] Proposed syntax for namespace binding in XPathTo: Date: 4/2/2007 9:46:00 AM > Is it possible to just match on prefix, regardless of binding? eg, > > "foo:bar" > > ...will match any bar node prefixed with foo - the calling > app doesn't care what "foo" is bound to in the XML, as long > that's the prefix. > > If that's possible, that would be a really useful option. Useful maybe, but that one would definitely be a non-conformance with the spec. It's also one of those things that's "useful" in the sense that it provides the user with lots of rope to hang himself with; I think the pain caused by abuse of the facility would far exceed the net gain. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ | ||||||
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